The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Rise of Christianity, Feudalism & Modern Europe

1. The Fall of the Roman Empire:The Rise of Christianity, Feudalism & Modern Europe Mr. Barchetto Notes #4 Do-Now SR#5 Honors- Describe the Roman Republic. How does the success lead to the demise of the republic? CPA- Explain the factors in which led to the fall of the Roman Republic.

2. Fall of Roman Empire (West) • 3 Reasons Why the West Fell! • Internal Problems • Division of Empire • Outside Invaders

3. The Fall of Rome:Internal problems 4 Contributing Factors: • Political • Political office became a burden, not a reward. Government becomes corrupt. • Social • Decline in interest in public affairs, led to low confidence in empire. Large contrast b/t rich and poor. • Economic • Poor harvest, led to disruption of trade. Inflation and crushing tax burdens. • Military • Military was growing smaller due to less and less volunteers, patriotism and loyalty among soldiers declined.

4. The Fall of Rome:The Empire is Split • Two Roman emperors made decisions which would forever change the empire. • Diocletian- Believed empire grown to large for one ruler, so he divided the empire in half. • Constantine- took control of the west in 312 A.D. and decided to move the capital city Rome to the city of Byzantium (Constantinople), this would have great consequence for the empire.

5. The Fall of Rome:Outside Invaders • Since the days of Julius Caesar Germanic people from the north coexisted in relative peace with Rome. This all changed around 370 A.D. • Fierce group of Mongol nomads from Central Asia (led by Attila the Hun), known as the Huns, moved into the area destroying everything its path. • This caused the Germanic people to flee south away from the advancing Huns.

6. Fall of Roman Empire (West)

7. Eastern Roman Empire:The Byzantine Empire • 476 A.D. the Western portion of the Roman Empire Fell, however the east survived for another 1000 years and became known as the Byzantine Empire. (see above picture) • Byzantine Empire- preserved the great heritage of Greek and Roman culture and expanded their influence across the Mediterranean Sea, and ruled from the city Constantinople. (see above right picture)

8. Between Ancient & Modern“European Perspective” • Historians mark the fall of Rome as the end of ancient history. The next one thousand years were called the Middle Ages. The Latin term for Middle Ages is "medieval.“ • The beginning of the Middle Ages is often called the "Dark Ages" because the great civilizations of Greece and Rome had fallen. • Life in Europe during the Middle Ages was very hard. • Very few people could read or write and nobody expected conditions to improve. • The only hope for most people during the Middle Ages was their strong belief in Christianity, and the hope that life in heaven would be better than life on earth.

9. Global Perspective:“The world after the fall of the Roman Empire” • The Dark Ages: • Were anything but dark in other parts of the world • Civilization flourished in sub-Saharan Africa, China, India, the Middle East and the Americas.

10. Document Based Question • HONORS ACTIVITY • A DBQ provides you with an opportunity to weigh significant evidence/documents to reach an informed position and to present the information in response to a question. • Process • Read the question carefully: what is it asking you? • Write down the facts—names, dates, events that you know about the topic • Read & analyze documents A.P.P.A.R.T.S • A- Author • P- Place & Time • P- Prior Knowledge • A- Audience • R- Reason • T- The main idea • S- Significance • Reread Question—carefully consider your document summaries • Plan/Organize your response—in this step you are basically answering the question. This will become your thesis which you will eventually prove with evidence in your essay.

11. The historical context. Here to give you a little background on the topic, NOT TO BE COPIED DOWN AS YOUR INTRO!!! The First Page! • Historical Context: • In the third century A.D. Rome faced many problems. In addition to internal decay, the invasion by Germanic tribes seemed to sound the death knell for the Western Roman Empire. Historians have examined both the internal conditions that weakened the expansive empire and the external force of the barbarian invasions and have presented a variety of explanations for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. • Directions: • The following question is based on the accompanying documents in Part A. As you analyze the documents, take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view. • Question: • What caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? A basic description of what you will be asked to do. The question(s) you need to answer

12. From Empire to Feudal State…. -CPA -Activity: Using text book identify the significance of each of these important events after the fall of the Roman Empire

13. Western Europe in transition! -CPA -Activity: Using text book Chapter pg. Identify the significance of each of these important events after the fall of the Roman Empire